Hair-crimping device.



- C. A. SHERWOOD.

HAIR CRLMPING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21, 1916,

Pagented July 31, 1917.

CATHERINE A. SHERWOOD, OF LAKE VILLA, ILLINOIS.

HAIR-CRIMPING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed'october 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,936.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CAT ERINE A. SHER- WOOD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lake Villa, in the county of Lake and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHair-Crimping Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hair crimpingdevices and consists of a means whereby hair may be crimped without theuse of heated irons or dampening the hair.

The invention consists of a simple and efficient device of this natureon the order of a circular comb with elongated corrugated teeth, adaptedto engage the hair and held by cross wires engaging the corrugations.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing theapplication of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the comb with corrugated fingers.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the means for engagement with thecorrugations to crimp the hair.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates a circular comb having series of short teeth B opposite eachother and designed to engage the hair of a person over the temple, and Cwhich are adapted to engage the hair in a manner similar to the teeth ofa circular comb. A member D is provided with a series of straightparallel wires E and which latter are designed to engage thecorrugations in the manner shown in Fig.- 1 of the drawings, the ends ofthe member D. being provided with fastening means whereby said membermay be held under the chin of the person on whose head the device isapplied.

When the hair is sufliciently crimped and given the wavy eflect desired,the device is removed from the head.

By adjusting the crimping device in the manner shown, I have found thatthe hair may be crimped and given a wavy effect without the use of aheated iron or moistening the hair.

What I claim to be new is j A device for crimping hair comprising abowed wire having integral teeth projecting therefrom near the ends ofthe wire and corrugated wires projecting at substantially right anglesto the plane of the bowed wires and parallel to one another, a separatemember made up of bowed wires with their ends connected together, meansattached thereto adapted to pass under the chin of a person and servingto hold the wires of said member in said corrugations, portions of thebowed wires of said member designed to engage the hair at the rear ofsaid teeth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CATHERINE A. SHERWOOD.

Witnesses:

' W L. WATSON,

MARY S. KERR.

Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patent;

' Washington, D. G.

